The newest addition to the ‘Originals’ line-up, the Kia Soul Searcher will go on sale across UK starting from January 4th.
The Kia Soul Searcher comes with a set of unique features included as standard like light green metallic body paint, a cream and brown full leather interior, a chromed grille, door handle and roof rails, darkened headlights, front and rear mud flaps and 18 inch alloys.
The Kia Soul Searcher is also offered with front fog lights, electric folding mirrors, privacy glass and rear parking sensors as standard, and in terms of motorisation, the car is equipped with a 1.6-litre CRDi diesel plant.
Transmission options include a 5-speed manual or a four-speed automatic, while safety features include 6 airbags, ESC, EBD and traction control.
The Kia Soul Searcher price starts at 16,965 GBP for the manual and at 18.025 GBP for the automatic version.
Kia press release :
    * Searcher: new unique addition to the Soul ‘Originals’ line-up 
    * On sale from the 4th January 2011
Kia’s stylish urban crossover, Soul, has added a stylish twist to the acclaimed Soul Originals quartet with the arrival of the new Soul Searcher.  Searcher is the latest bold addition to the Soul ‘Originals’ line-up – a collection of distinctive versions each with their own personality – following on from other ‘Originals’ of the Burner, Shaker, Tempest and Echo. The Soul Searcher will be on sale from the 4th January 2011 across the UK dealer network.
With an impressive list of unique features the Searcher is available with stunning light green metallic paintwork, a high quality cream and brown full leather interior, chrome front grille, chrome door handles, roof rails, black bezel headlights, front and rear mud flaps as well as 18-inch silver alloy wheels.
Soul Searcher has a superb standard specification, as well as the stunning paintwork the exterior features handy reversing sensors, front fog lights, electric folding door mirrors and privacy glass whilst inside offers a bespoke brown and cream full leather upholstery, offset by a cream and black dashboard.
Whatever the weather is outside, inside the Soul Searcher the temperature can be adjusted to suit all passengers, with dual auto air conditioning and heated front seats, whilst an upgraded 8 speaker sound system (with subwoofer and external amplifier), Bluetooth and iPod connectivity ensure the Searcher has plenty to keep everyone on board satisfied at all times.  For the driver a tilt and telescopic steering wheel with cruise control and steering wheel mounted audio controls means that everything is available at close hand.
The Soul Searcher is powered by the 1.6-litre CRDi diesel engine and is available in either 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic. Its occupants are protected by a host of safety features including six airbags, Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Traction Control (TC) and a five-star Euro NCAP rating.  The Soul Searcher is available from the 4th January 2011 from just £16,965 OTR for the manual and £18,025 for the automatic (including VAT at the new 20% rate).

Source: Kia